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Swaddle & night feedings

sbracisco wrote:

for those of you who swaddle your lo's at night: do you unswaddle them when they wake up for a feeding (granted you don't have to change their diaper) or do you keep them swaddled up? lately my lo wakes up too much when I have to swaddle him back up and eating and it takes forever to get him back to sleep. I always unswaddled him so he could stretch a bit, but I'm starting to reconsider.

@sbracisco How do you swaddle a 4 month old? I know this isn't an answer to your post but I hear everyone talking about still swaddling and I want to transition LO to the crib maybe this will help. Are their legs bent like when they were newborns? I feel like my son would hate that.

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danganstuh

@sbracisco I keep him swaddled for the 3-4a feed. He has reflux though so if I lay him down to be swaddled he spits up. Luckily, we usually don't have to change him, if we do, it's before we feed him so swaddled when eating.

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madriano

I have a large receiving blanket that I use to swaddle my 3 month old, legs straight. It's helped us put him in his crib and he doesn't jerk awake when we lay him down. Used to take 5-6 tries of laying him down, now it's one time and we are good. I don't undo te swaddle until the 3 am feed as I have to change him then. He still wakes up 2 times for food- he is 16lbs, and likes to eat ;-)

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tawnyo

@sbracisco I use the SwaddleMe. If he doesn't need a diaper change, I will open the velcro flaps and let his arms out while I feed him. His legs stay in the little sack part.

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jdrmama2012

Nope, little guy stays in his swaddle (I don't change him at night, either). It keeps him drowsy and helps him fall back asleep ASAP if he does wake up to eat at night.

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allik527

@sbracisco I use a Halo swaddle sack and I don't unswaddle his arms at night. The bottom part unzips for diaper changes but I usually don't even change him unless he's super wet or poopy.

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alisabttn3

@mcgeelisha I keep her swaddled in the woombie or large muslin receiving blankets. She goes right back to sleep at the end of her bottle.

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slumsden

@alisabttn3 I also use a woombie and don't unswaddle for feeds at night. He barely wakes up and it's really easy to get him back to sleep.

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spikeysioux82

I used to unswaddled my LO's arms when feeding on first side so he could stretch, then I would change him, reswaddle, and feed on the second side and he would fall back to sleep pretty easy. We quit swaddling cold turkey when he figured how to roll over while swaddled, and he's in the crib instead of the bassinet now. It was a tough first week, but he rolls onto his side or tummy as soon as I lay him down and sleeps that way now, not much I can do about it. I don't understand how people are still able to keep swaddling babies that can roll over.

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SpartanMommy2012

@sbracisco I keep my LO swaddled unless she is in need of a diaper but at night I only change her if it's a full feeling diaper or else she gets woken up from all the movement and it's a little bit of a hassle to put her back to bed

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